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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/854.html
March 01, 2023 - Researchers Analyze Methods To Reduce Interruptions During Diagnosis . … with traditional surgical site infection (SSI) surveillance approaches alone, applying a statistical method … AHRQ-funded study published in EClinicalMedicine , researchers tested use of the statistical process control method … large infection control network of 29 U.S. community hospitals in the Southeast for 13 common surgical procedures … Researchers found that applying the statistical process control method detected four times as many SSIs
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/cauti-icu/facil-guide/mod1-slides.html
February 01, 2023 - Healthcare-Associated Infections Program
Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria
About the CUSP Method … Committee
Slide 6
HICPAC Indications for a Urinary Catheter
Perioperative use for selected procedures … catheter use in hospitalized medical patients: results obtained by using the RAND/UCLA appropriateness method … Reminders/stop orders
Nurse-driven removal protocol
Slide 20
Methods for Mitigating Risk … catheter use in hospitalized medical patients: results obtained by using the RAND/UCLA appropriateness method
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/topics/comprehensive-unit-based-safety-program-cusp.html
Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP)
The Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) is a method … The Core CUSP toolkit gives clinical teams the training resources and tools to apply the CUSP method … Perinatal Safety
Success Stories of Five Labor and Delivery Units Using the Toolkit
The CUSP Method
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/vtguide/guide6.html
May 01, 2016 - Available data collection resources in any given hospital may dictate methods and definitions. … Whatever method is chosen, consistency and usefulness are critical. … not use the POA indicator and is focused only on patients with surgical diagnoses or operating room procedure … Track the Incidence of HA-VTE and Concurrent Case Review
The methods reviewed above rely on identification … Of course, some of these methods are directed at capturing ADEs from therapeutic, rather than prophylactic
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/what-we-learned/Natzke-presentation.pdf
December 01, 2015 - Screening rates
– Appropriate referrals
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Intervention
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Pre-CHIPRA Screening
• Screening method … #1: Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC) study (2008–2010)
– Partially electronic method … Pediatrics, vol. 131, no. 1, 2013, pp. 30–37.
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CHIPRA Screening Intervention
• Screening method … CHIPRA project
– Moved from paper-and-pencil or partially electronic to fully
electronic screening methods … practices comprise the 2013 Implementers group.
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Conclusions
• CDC study (partially electronic method
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/dataspotlight-health-literacy.pdf
March 01, 2019 - communication strategies help patients and providers understand each other better, including
the teach-back method … Teach-Back Method
If patient teaches
back correctly
and there’s more
to explain
If patient doesn … health-professionals/game-plan-preventing-type-2-diabetes/how-talk-patients-about-prediabetes-diagnosis/use-teach-back-method … health-professionals/game-plan-preventing-type-2-diabetes/how-talk-patients-about-prediabetes-diagnosis/use-teach-back-method
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/sustainability/training-tools/material-guide.html
June 01, 2017 - Topic: Definition of Sustainability and its Importance in Quality Improvement
Method: In a meeting, … administrators, managers, and project leads
Topic: Barriers and Solutions to Sustaining Improvements
Method … Administrators, managers, and project leads
Topic: Steps to Creating and Implementing a Sustainability Plan
Method … administrators, managers, and project leads
Topic: Establishing a Sustainability Measurement Plan
Method … , nurse leader, medical director, and frontline staff
Topic: Learn From Sustainability Examples
Method
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/implementation/long-term-modules/module2/guide.html
March 01, 2017 - Tools
Slide 29
*Video included in this section
Topic: Defining Senior Leader Engagement
Method … administrators and frontline staff; residents and families
Topic: Leader Roles and Responsibilities
Method … 6-8
Audience: Long-Term Care facility administrators and leaders
Topic: How To Model Leadership
Method … Audience: Long-Term Care facility administrators and leaders
Topic: Tools for Engaged Senior Leaders
Method … facility administrators and leaders
Topic: Engaging Senior Leaders Around Your Resident Safety Project
Method
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/implementation/long-term-modules/module3/guide.html
March 01, 2017 - Slides 28-29
*Video included in this section
Topic: Defining and Assessing Staff Empowerment
Method … administrators and front-line staff; residents and families
Topic: Benefits of Staff Empowerment
Method … administrators and front-line staff; residents and families
Topic: Characteristics of an Empowered Staff
Method … including administrators and front-line staff; residents and families
Topic: Building Staff Empowerment
Method … administrators and front-line staff; residents and families
Topic: Barriers to Staff Empowerment
Method
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol4/Advances-Lynch_37.pdf
March 21, 2008 - • The prescribing method (electronic vs. paper). … • Communication method (in person/phone/fax/e-mail, etc.). … • Method of prescribing (electronic, other). … Method of communicating the medication management transaction. … Both methods were needed to discover the
high volume of errors.
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/pqmp/implementation-qi/toolkit/tcd/overview.html
August 01, 2021 - This measure establishes a claims-based method for identifying receipt of TCD screening among larger … Methods
Folding Down from State Level
To fold the measure down from the state to the health plan … As discussed above, there are no validated methods for health system attribution. … The QMETRIC method, which assessed several cutoffs and assessed the attribution tradeoffs at each cutoff … to support the decision to use the 75 percent of encounters at one health system as the attribution method
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/prevention-chronic-care/resources/ccrm-atlas-suppl/ccrm-atlas-suppl.pdf
October 01, 2013 - In describing the
calculation methods for the measures we have tried to indicate the reporting levels … Calculation method A brief description of the unit of measurement and calculation method,
including … Data source Audit – Review of administrative management data and/or organizational policies
and procedures … community resource (patient-community resource)
Data source Audit – An auditor will assess policies and procedures … of the presence or degree to which certain professional
services exist as well as measures of the methods
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/recent-insights-webcast-parast.pdf
December 19, 2019 - • What methods of web survey invitation are most effective? … healthy
►Frequent emergency department visitors
►Without a usual source of care
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Contact Method … of survey
►Must consider TCPA (Telephone Consumer Protection Act)
regulations and administrative procedures … Feasibility Test II Design
Response Rates
Responses by Completion Mode
Respondent Characteristics
Contact Method
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/health-literacy/improve/precautions/tool3e.html
March 01, 2024 - Communication Self-Assessment
Communication Observation Form
Plain Language Words
Use the Teach-Back Method … : Tool 5
The Teach-Back Method Poster
Teach-Back Questions for Informed Consent
Follow Up with … You can also use AHRQ's teach-back role play scenarios to practice using the teach-back method.
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/sustainability/management/problem-solving-fac-notes.html
June 01, 2017 - Does your organization have a preferred method? … Weekly observation of procedures and work methods by the supervisor, as actually performed, is another … Sometimes, the method needs to be redesigned and the way forward is not clear, so you jump down to box … The change to work method or work environment can be done immediately. … safety issue that requires action—for example, to call for additional clinical staff or to stop the procedure
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/implementation/long-term-modules/module1/guide.html
March 01, 2017 - References
Slide 23
*Video included in this section
Topic: Infection Prevention in LTC
Method … including administrators and frontline staff; residents and families
Topic: Overview of Toolkit Modules
Method … Materials: Slides 6–13
Audience: LTC administrators and leaders
Topic: Implementing Change
Method … Materials: Slides 14–19
Audience: LTC administrators and leaders
Topic: Just Culture
Method: During
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/health-literacy/improve/precautions/tool4.html
April 01, 2024 - Communication Self-Assessment
Communication Observation Form
Plain Language Words
Use the Teach-Back Method … : Tool 5
The Teach-Back Method Poster
Teach-Back Questions for Informed Consent
Follow Up with … Refer to Tool 5: Use the Teach-Back Method for guidance on how to use the teach-back method.
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/clabsi-final-companion/clabsicompapf.html
January 01, 2013 - Home
Healthcare-Associated Infections Program
About the CUSP Method … Healthcare-Associated Infections Program
Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria
About the CUSP Method … Eliminating CLABSI, A National Patient Safety Imperative: Final Report Companion Guide
Preface
Methods
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/clabsi-final-companion/clabsicompapg.html
January 01, 2013 - Home
Healthcare-Associated Infections Program
About the CUSP Method … Healthcare-Associated Infections Program
Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria
About the CUSP Method … Eliminating CLABSI, A National Patient Safety Imperative: Final Report Companion Guide
Preface
Methods
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/research-transform-primary-care/transform/cost/app-a.html
July 01, 2015 - primary and other types of care, and costs for all patients with chronic conditions
A gross-costing method … costs and indirect costs related to PCMH transformation and maintenance
An activity-based costing method … The study used an in-depth, mixed methods, case study approach. … The participating organizations have adopted formal improvement methods, redesigned practices to increase … Activity- based costing methods were used to identify costs associated with each activity.